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This is the coolest freaking couch I've ever seen. I wasn't sure about all this button business because button crafts are usually a little too cutesy for me, but I stand corrected. Thanks to your couch I now know that buttons can be funky and unique. Great job!

I love this idea! Of course, my couch that would look great with this treatment is the one the cat hasn't scratched, and the old couch that is cat-scratched - oooh, it would be REALLY busy with buttons, too! Hmm...may have to do this anyway.Jan

Frackin' gorgeous! Pleeeeease resist the urge to fill in. I think that the blank space sets off the buttons and adds to their beauty. I love it and, like everyone, the last photo of Oreo. I'd blow that up and hang it framed on the wall! Brilliant all round.

So, I was thinking... I wonder if it would be easier or fussier to make a little mini-slipcover-type piece, work the buttons from a comfortable position on the couch, and then stitch the piece on with the upholstery needle. I am reminded that I have a chair, buried in my garage full of good intentions, that was once beautiful and now beyond shabby, but that I refuse to get rid of. This would be a perfect treatment for it. I'm so glad that you shared this.

ALSO, this is part of what I love about craftsters, still willing to actually SEW buttons rather than take the glue gun route. Good for you, good for us